Today's Verse - 1 John 4:19 (KJV)

We love him, because he first loved us.

—1 John 4:19 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

It's all very simple. God is love. He is love's origin, example, and architect. I love because he loved me first. I know how to love because he has demonstrated it. I can love because he made me in his likeness and to share his character. He is the fountain, the motivation, and the pinnacle of love. I love because he does, first, last, and always.

My Prayer...​

God of comfort, thank you for comforting me with your love. Just as a child learns from parents how to do so many things, I want to learn to love as you do: sacrificially, selflessly, and submissively so that others may know that they do not have to earn your love, only receive it. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

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[Rizakar]

There is a video on utube by Billy Graham entitled Are You Ready to Die put out by the
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

and it is showing how Billy Graham wished to be remembered when he died and it will not let me transfer it here but I urge you to go and watch it because it fits this devotional so perfectly about the desire we all have to learn to love as the Lord does sacrificially, selflessly, and submissively so that others may know that they do not have to earn your love, only receive it. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.